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- [dey-zhah voo, vyoo; French dey-zha vy]
- /ˌdeɪ ʒɑ ˈvu, ˈvyu; French deɪ ʒa ˈvü/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [dey-zhah voo, vyoo; French dey-zha vy]
- /ˌdeɪ ʒɑ ˈvu, ˈvyu; French deɪ ʒa ˈvü/
Definitions of deja vu words
- uncountable noun deja vu Déjà vu is the feeling that you have already experienced the things that are happening to you now. 3
- noun deja vu the experience of perceiving a new situation as if it had occurred before. It is sometimes associated with exhaustion or certain types of mental disorder 3
- noun deja vu the feeling that one has had an experience previously, although it is actually new to one 3
- noun deja vu a feeling that one has been in a place or had a specific experience before 3
- noun deja vu Psychology. the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time. 1
- noun deja vu disagreeable familiarity or sameness: The new television season had a sense of déjà vu about it—the same old plots and characters with new names. 1
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Origin of deja vu
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
1900-05; < French: literally, already seen
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Parts of speech for Deja vu
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
deja vu popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
deja vu usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for deja vu
noun deja vu
- familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
- recall — to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
- recognition — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
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